Button loop



BUTTON LOOP Filed Feb. 15, 1929 INvE TElF-k JEN-IN l-LDIIIMKEE PatentedDec. 2, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT: o FIcE JOHN H. DOMKEE, OF WEST HAVENCONNECTICUT, ASSIG'NOR TO THE WIRE NOVELTY MANUFACTURING 00., OF WESTHAVEN, CONNECTICUT, AQCQRPORATION QF CON- NECTICUT BUTTON toolApplication filed February 15, 1929. Serial no. Ma ns The inventionrelates to improvements in button loops particularly adapted for use ongarment straps, the loop being specially adapted to be suspended at theend of a strap in readiness to be clipped over a button the shank ofwhich may be urged therefrom into a smaller retaining loop from which itcannot be unintentionally withdrawn, and the objects of the inventionare to provide a twopiece button loop with a button retaining loopmember so connected with the suspension member that the lines of thecombined loop members present a substantially unbroken interior ofcompound curves; and to provide a retaining loop member adapted for apivotal mounting upon the suspension member for movement in oppositedirections; and to provide a retaining loop memher for a pivotalmounting upon a suspen- ZU sion member portions of which co-operate withthe retaining loop member .in providing a substantially circularretainer for the shank of a button. With these and other objects in viewas may become apparent from the within disclosures the inventionconsists not only of the particular form herein pointed out andillustrated in the drawing but readily admits of certain modificationswithin the scope of what hereinafter may be claimed.

The following is the description of an embodiment of the inventionreference being had to the accompanying drawing in which the Figure 1 isa face View of the device; the Figure 2 is a bottom view; and the Figure3 is a side elevation.

Referring more particularly to the drawing in which similar numbersrefer to similar parts, the device comprises a metal suspension member 1adapted to be suspended from a strap (not illustrated) and providing thebutton receiving loop 2 having the contracted throat 3 from which thestructure diverges to assume the form of a pair of arcs H, the metalbeing outwardly turned back upon each are 4 and then bent outwardly toprovide the terminals 5-5 in alignment one with the other, and thusextending from" their respective sides of the suspension member abovethe arcs Jr-4L,

normally engaging the terminals 5-5 in close proximity to the upsetextremities 6-6, each of the arms 9-9 from the terminals 8-8 extendingdownwardly and then bent inwardly toward one another to engage directlyunder the lowermost parts of the suspension member to there integrallycombine to provide the button retaining portion with which the arcs Hco-operate to provide a substantially circular button retainer 10 capable of swinging upon its mounting in both directions out of thegeneral plane of the button loop as illustrated in dotted lines by theFigure-3.

What I claim is 1. A two-piece button loop comprising a suspensionmember provided with a button receiving loop having a contracted throatthrough which the shank of a button may be urged; a second memberpartially circular and providing a portion of a button retaining looparc portions provided by the lowermost extremities of the first-memberand co-operating with the second member to provide a circular buttonretaining member; aligned terminals provided by the first member aboveits lowermost extremities; and means provided by the aligned terminalsand the second member for pivotally assembling the members.

2. A two-piece button loop comprising a suspension member provided witha button receiving loop having a contracted throat through which theshank of a button may be urged; a second member partially circular andproviding a portion of a button retaining loop arc portions provided bythe lowermost parts of the first member and co-operating with the secondmember to provide a circular button retaining member; aligned terminalsprovided by the first member above its lowermost parts, each terminalhaving an upset eX- tremity, and eye terminals provided by the lit)second member for pivotal engagement upon the aligned terminals.

3. A two-piece button loop comprising a button receiving member having acontracted thoat to which the shank of a button may be urged byexpanding the loop; a second member providing the lower portion of abutton retaining loop portions provided by the lowermost parts of thebutton receiving member and cooperating with the lower portion of thesecond member to provide a button retaining member; aligned terminalsprovided by the first member above its lowermost parts; and

means provided by the aligned terminals and the second member forplvotally assembling the members.

JOHN H. DOMKEE.

